One thing to be aware of is that some Ethernet adapters can have the MAC
address assigned by software. My favorite is actually the 3com 802.11b
PC card where you can have a different MAC address on each channel.

-Lane

> -----Original Message-----
> From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf
> Of Wirt Atmar
> Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 6:06 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: PC licensing methodology (was: [Linux] mediacheck & RHL
7.3)
>
> Ken writes:
>
> > Wirt Atmar wrote:
> >  > If anyone has any information on how the MAC addresses are
assigned,
> I'd
> >  > appreciate hearing it. At this point, I don't even know who hands
out
> MAC
> >  > numbers. IANA doesn't seem to concern itself with this aspect of
the
> >  internet.
> >
> >  http://standards.ieee.org/regauth/oui/index.shtml
>
> Thanks. I wouldn't have thought of IEEE, but given their history with
> Ethernet, that makes perfect sense.
>
> Wirt Atmar

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